Combined scraper and cultivator



(No Model.)

G. W. SMITH 8; J. S. HENDON. COMBINED SG-RAPER AND CULTIVATOR.

No. 510,940. Patented Dec. 19, 1898.

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-- UNITED STAT S PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE XV. SMITH AND JAMEQ S. HENDON, OF VAN VLEET, MISSISSIPPI.

COMBINED SCRAPER AND CULTIVATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 510,940,11a December1893- Applioation filed July 20, 1893.

To aIZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, GEORGE W. SMITH and JAMES S. HENDON, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Van Vleet, in the county of Chickasaw andState of Mississippi, have inrented a new and useful Combined Cotton andCorn Scraper and Cultivator, of which the following is a specification.

O ur invention relates to improvements in agricultural implements, andhas special reference to that class thereof employed in the scraping andcultivation of corn and cotton; the objects in view being to provide acheap and simple machine adapted to operate either as a scraper or acultivator, and when in the former capacity to be so constructed as toob viate baking of the earth and the subsequent plowing for thispurpose, but to the contrary to carry on the operation of scraping andplow- Ing simultaneously and with one machine, thereby reducing thenumber of operators, and also labor and attendants.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear in thefollowing description and the novel features thereof will beparticularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawingsz-Figure 1 is a perspective view of a machineembodying our Invention, the same being designed for scraping cottonrows. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the machine, the same being designedfor culti vatin g. Fig. 3 is a detail in perspective, the view beingtaken from the rear of one of the standards and cultivator or scraperblades. Fig. 4 is a sectional view through one of the blades.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the figures of thedrawings. I

The beam 1 is of the ordinary construction, and has its rear end tenonedand let into a mortise in an inclined standard 2, or if desired, anyother form of standard may be employed. The standard 2 in this instanceextends above the beam and is transversely perforated to receive a rung3, which extends through the perforation and also secures oppositehandles 4 together, the lower ends of the handles being bolted to theopposite sides of the standard 2. The lower end of the standard 2 hassecured thereto by an ordinary heel-bolt 6 a sweep-plow 7 of theordinary construction,

Serial No. 481.038. (NomodeL) The plow thus constructed is preferablyprovided with or accompanied by three standards, which I will designateas 8, 9 and 10. The standard 8 is of goose-neck form or pattern, and isat its center offset from its front end, which latter immediately infront of the offset is pivotally bolted, as at 11, to one side of theplow-stock or beam, and at its front end is provided with a flared head12 having a series of perforations or bolt-holes 13 concentric with thepivot point 11. Aholt14 may be passed through any one of theperforations 13 and thus maintain the standard ata proper inclination.The rear or lower end of the standard is flattened and flared as shownand is provided with a transverse slot 15 in which is located a bolt 16.A scraper-blade 17 is applied to the front face of the flattened portionof the standard 8, and a pivoting bolt 18 is passed through the standardabove the slot and through the blade 17. The bolt likewise passesthrough the blade 17, so that as will be apparent by loosening the nuton the bolt 16 the blade may be given any proper or desired angle withrelation to the standard and the soil upon which it is operating. Thescraper 17 is provided with a front rounded edge 20, and at its lowercutting edge depends rearward and upward, terminating in a point 21. henviewed in cross-section the blade 20 is spoon-shaped or ofconcave-convex form. The inachine as thus constructed is adapted forscraping corn and cotton rows, and effect; ually accomplishes the sameas will be obvious. The sweep-plow following immediately thereafterserves to loosen the thoroughly scraped surface, and throw the soil fromthe same up toward the plant. By this means the scraping and cultivationare carried on simultaneonslyand consequentlyasecond operation isavoided. We thereby accomplish by a single operator and horse what wouldotherwise occupy the time and labor of two operators and two horses. 7

In Fig. 2 we have shown the invention for cultivating, and in thisinstance, we employ the two goose-neck standards 9 and 10, substitutingthem for the standard 8. These standards 9 and 10 are similarlyconstructed at their front ends to the standard 8 and hence require nospecific description. To their rear ends are secured the twospoon-shaped shovels or blades 22, which are similar in construction andVform't'o the one heretofore described. These are disposed in oppositedirections, as shown, and are designed to throw the dirt scraped towardeach of the rows so that a single row is completed at one operation. Thesweep-plow following immediatelyin the wake of the blades serves toloosen the soil and prevent the baking thereof as would otherwise be thecase.

We do not limit our invention to the precise details of constructionherein shown and described, but hold that we may vary the same to anydegree and extent within the knowledge of the skilled mechanic.-

Having described our invention, what we claim is- 1. The combinationwith the plow-beam and standard, of the herein described scraperblade,the same having a front rounded end and terminating at its rear end in apoint, the said blade being in vertical and horizontal sections ofconcave-convex form, substantially as specified.

2; The combination with the beam and rear standard, of the goose-neckstandard offset intermediate its ends and pivoted in front of its oflsetto the beam and terminating atits front end in a perforated head havinga bolt,

and a spoonshaped scraper-blade secured to the rear end of the standard,upper' and lower bolts passed through the blade into the standard, and aslot formed in the lower end of the standard for the reception of thelower bolt, and a sweep-plow arranged on the rear standard,substantially as specified. I

31 The combination with a beam terminating at its rear end in a standardcarrying a sweep, of the oppositely ofifset goose-neck standards boltedto the beam at opposite sides thereof, and the oppositely disposedspoonshaped scraper blades having front rounded edges and rear points,said blades being spaced apart in advance of the sweep, sub stantiallyas specified. a

4. The spoon-shaped blade herein described provided with a front roundededge 20 and having its lower cutting edsze curving upward and meeting:the upper edge at the point 21, substantially as described.

In testimony that we claim the foreg in as our own we have heretoaffixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

GEO. W. SMITH. JAS. S. HENDON. \Vitnesses:

O. A. MOFFAT, P. W. SHELL.

